Job Vacancies Recover in August, even in Victoria

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Australia • Covid-19 • Economy • Unemployment

Data: ABS - 6354.0 Job Vacancies, Australia

Results of the quarterly Job Vacancies Survey containing estimates of job vacancies classified by industry, sector and state/territory.

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State and territories

Job vacancies recovered across all states and territories in August, even Victoria, in the middle of its second wave, had a 60% increase in vacancies from the record low number of vacancies in May 2020.

Victoria was not the worst-performing jurisdiction in terms of YoY change in August 2020. ACT had a 26.3% decline, followed by Victoria (-25.1%) and NSW (-14.5%). WA has the largest YoY growth (21.9%).

Sectors

Despite strong recovery across majority of sectors, Arts & Recreation and Admin & Support Services (employment services, travel agencies, building cleaning, …) are still sitting much lower than same time last year.